The Special Education Information Center (SPEDTex) provides resources and interactive features for increasing family awareness of disabilities and special education processes, with the goal of improving partnerships between schools and families.

Contact Information:

Phone: 1-855-773-3839

Email: inquire@spedtex.org

Live Chat: www.spedtex.org

Special Education Information 

• Delayed or Denied Evaluations & Compensatory Services   
  • Evaluaciones Retrasadas o Denegadas & Servicios Compensatorios

• Updates in Special Education SB 139 (English)    (Spanish)
• State and Federal Activity Updates Regarding Significant Disproportionality
• Child Find
• Resources
• Notice of Procedural Safeguards
  • Aviso Sobre Procedimientos de Protección

Transition Services

• Lamar County SSA Transition Services
• Texas Transition and Employment Guide     
  • Guía de transición y empleo de Texas

Student Handbook Statement     (English)  (Spanish)

Special Education Services during COVID-19 Shutdown

• Prior Written Notice Regarding School District Closure to Prevent/Contain the Spread of COVID-19 (Coronavirus)

Dyslexia

• Dyslexia Handbook
  • Manual de Dislexia
• Dyslexia Update 2021 (English)   (Spanish)
• TEA Dyslexia and Other Related Disorders
• Chisum ISD Dyslexia Brochure (English)  (Spanish)
• Chisum ISD Dyslexia Plan and Procedures

Response to Intervention

Response to Intervention is the practice of providing high-quality instruction and interventions matched to student need, monitoring progress frequently to make decisions about changes in instruction, and guided by child outcome data.

Chisum ISD practices the Response to Intervention (RTI) model when making decisions concerning interventions for individual students.  Each campus is led by a core team along with other appropriate team members based on the child and the needs of the child.  Child performance data is documented and used in making intervention decisions for each child.

Supplemental Special Education Services (SSES)

Supplemental Special Education Services (SSES) are $1,500 one-time on-line grants for eligible parents/caregivers of eligible students served by special education that have been impacted by COVID-19 school closures. 

Families of eligible students can use the on-line accounts to obtain educational materials and resources and/or services such as additional therapy, tutoring, or other specific services.

Beginning November 1, 2021, to be eligible for the SSES grant, students must currently be:

• enrolled in a Texas public school,
• enrolled in PreK - 12th grade,
• and a student with a disability served through Special Education.

Families are encouraged to apply beginning November 1^st for the next round of grant allocations beginning January 2022. If you already applied and were previously awarded an SSES $1500 grant, you will not be eligible.

• What is SSES? Program Overview:   ENGLISH   |   SPANISH   
• SSES Overview Video:   ENGLISH   |   SPANISH
• SSES Parent Webinar:  ENGLISH   |   SPANISH
• Link to SSES homepage and to apply: ENGLISH   |   SPANISH
• Link to all resources available on TEA SSES website: ENGLISH (landing page with Spanish and other languages resources included)
• Link to FAQs: ENGLISH   |   SPANISH